LITURGICAL CALENDAR
For the
ORDER OF PREACHERS
2004
Cycle C
Year II
Prepared for the
Dominican Friars
of the
United States, Nigeria and Ghana
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NOVEMBER 2003
30 Sun - 1st SUNDAY OF ADVENT
HOURS Week I
Vi MASS cr, Adv pref I
RDGS [3] Jer 33:14-16/ 1 Th 3:12-4:2/ Lk 21:25-28, 34-36
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* Begin Cycle C for Sunday rdgs and Year II for weekday rdgs.
*Mass pref until Dec 16 inclusive is Adv I, i.e., for Sundays, weekdays and feasts which have no prop pref.
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DECEMBER 2003
1 Mon - Advent Weekday
Vi MASS Adv pref I
RDGS [175] Is 2:1-5/ Mt 8:5-11
2 Tue - Advent Weekday
Vi MASS Adv pref I
RDGS [176] Is 11:1-10/ Lk 10:21-24
3 Wed - St. Francis Xavier, priest (M)
Wh MASS Adv pref I
RDGS [177] Is 25:6-10a/ Mt 15:29-37
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JW For the Province of St. Joseph the Worker:
3 Wed - St. Francis Xavier, priest and patron of the missions (F)
Wh MASS gl, pref of Pastors
RDGS prop or from the Common of Pastors
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4 Thu - Advent Weekday
Vi MASS Adv pref I
RDGS [178] Is 26:1-6/ Mt 7:21,24-27
Wh - St. John of Damascus, priest and doctor of the Church
5 Fri - Advent Weekday
Vi MASS Adv pref I
RDGS [179] Is 29:17-24/ Mt 9:27-31
6 Sat - Advent Weekday
Vi MASS Adv pref I
RDGS [180] Is 30:19-21,23-26/ Mt 9:35--10:1,5a,6-8
Wh - St. Nicholas, bishop
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7 Sun - 2nd SUNDAY OF ADVENT
HOURS Week II
Vi MASS cr, Adv pref I
RDGS [6] Bar 5:1-9/Phil 1:4-6,8-11/ Lk 3:1-6
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* EP = EP II of 2nd Sunday of Advent.
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8 Mon - THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN
MARY (S)Today is a holy day of obligation in the U.S.
Wh MASS gl, cr, prop pref
RDGS [689] Gn 3:9-15,20/ Eph 1:3-6,11-12/ Lk 1:26-38
9 Tue - Advent Weekday
Vi MASS Adv pref I
RDGS [182] Is 40:1-11/ Mt 18:12-14
Wh - St. Juan Diego, hermit [USA]
10 Wed - Advent Weekday
Vi MASS Adv pref I
RDGS [183] Is 40:25-31/ Mt 11:28-30
11 Thu - Advent Weekday
Vi MASS Adv pref I
RDGS [184] Is 41:13-20/ Mt 11:11-15
Wh - St. Damasus I, pope
12 Fri - Our Lady of Guadalupe (F) [USA]
Wh MASS gl, pref of BVM I or II
RDGS [690A] Zec 2:14-17 or Rv 11:19a; 12:1-6a,10ab / Lk 1:26-38 or Lk 1:39-47 or any rdgs from the Common of the BVM [707-712]
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JW For the Province of St. Joseph the Worker:
12 Fri - Advent Weekday
Vi MASS Adv pref I
RDGS [185] Is 48:17-19/ Mt 11:16-19
Wh - St. Jane Frances de Chantel, religious
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13 Sat - St. Lucy, virgin and martyr (M)
Rd MASS Adv pref I
RDGS [186] Sir 48:1-4,9-11/ Mt 17:9a,10-13
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14 Sun - 3rd SUNDAY OF ADVENT
HOURS Week III
Vi MASS cr, Adv pref I
RDGS [9] Zep 3:14-18a/ Phil 4:4-7/ Lk 3:10-18
15 Mon - Advent Weekday
Vi MASS Adv pref I
RDGS [187] Nm 24:2-7,15-17a/ Mt 21:23-27
16 Tue - Advent Weekday
Vi MASS Adv pref I
RDGS [188] Zep 3:1-2,9-13/ Mt 21:28-32
17 Wed - Advent Weekday
Vi MASS Adv pref II
RDGS [193] Gn 49:2,8-10/ Mt 1:1-17
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*Mass pref for Dec 17-24 inclusive is Adv pref II.
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18 Thu - Advent Weekday
Vi MASS Adv pref II
RDGS [194] Jer 23:5-8/ Mt 1:18-25
19 Fri - Advent Weekday
Vi MASS Adv pref II
RDGS [195] Jgs 13:2-7,24-25a/ Lk 1:5-25
20 Sat - Advent Weekday
Vi MASS Adv pref II
RDGS [196] Is 7:10-14/ Lk 1:26-38
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21 Sun - 4th SUNDAY OF ADVENT
HOURS Week IV
Vi MASS cr, Adv pref II
RDGS [12] Mi 5:1-4a/ Heb 10:5-10/ Lk 1:39-45
22 Mon - Advent Weekday
Vi MASS Adv pref II
RDGS [198] 1 Sm 1:24-28/ Lk 1:46-56
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OPOn this the anniversary of the approval of our Order (Dec 22, 1216), special prayers for this intention may be made at Mass and at Evening Prayer.
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23 Tue - Advent Weekday
Vi MASS Adv pref II
RDGS [199] Mal 3:1-4,23-24/Lk 1:57-66
- St. John of Kanty, priest
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*During this period of Advent and the Octave of Christmas all memorials are optional. If observed, they are celebrated by using the Opening Prayer of the saint in place of the Opening Prayer of the day.
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24 Wed - Advent Weekday
Vi MASS Adv pref II
RDGS [200] 2 Sm 7:1-5,8b-12,14a,16/ Lk 1:67-79
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* Christmas Season begins with EP I of Christmas.
*Before or after EP I of Christmas the Vigil Mass may be celebrated as the first Mass of Christmas.
OPBefore Mass at midmight on Christmas it is appropriate that the Office of Readings be celebrated as a vigil. (GILH,n.215)
At the conclusion of this celebration, as is the custom in the liturgical tradition of our Order, the Genealogy according to Matthew [1:1-16] may be sung.
If necessary, the chant, that is the solemn proclamation of the Genealogy, may be sung in the manner proper to the gospel by a cantor who is not a deacon (as the norms for the singing of the Easter Proclamation allow). It may be sung either in Latin using the Gregorian chant in the Missale et Lectionarium OP (1985), pp.510-514 or in the vernacular using a suitable melody composed or adapted for it. It may also be proclaimed in a recitative style with a musical harmony as a background and with the addition ad libitum of some acclamations for the people interspersed throughout the proclamation.
*EP = EP I of The Nativity of the Lord (Christmas).
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25 Thu - THE NATIVITY OF THE LORD (Christmas) (S)
Today is a holy day of obligation in the USA.
Wh MASS gl, cr, Christmas pref I-III, Euch Prayer I-prop
Mass during the Day: seq
RDGS Vigil: [13] Is 62:1-5/ Acts 13:16-17,22-25/ Mt 1:1-25 or 1:18-25
Midnight: [14] Is 9:1-6/ Ti 2:11-14/ Lk 2:1-14
Dawn: [15] Is 62:11-12/ Ti 3:4-7/ Lk 2:15-20
Day: [16] Is 52:7-10/ Heb 1:1-6/ Jn 1:1-18 or 1:1-5,9-14
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OPAt the Mass during the Day the sequence Laetabundus may be used, as found in the Missale et Lectionarium OP (1985), pp.503-505.
*EP = EP II of the Nativity of the Lord (Christmas).
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26 Fri - St. Stephen, first martyr (F)
Rd MASS gl, Christmas pref I-III, Euch Prayer I-prop
RDGS [696] Acts 6:8-10;7:54-59/ Mt 10:17-22
27 Sat - St. John, apostle and evangelist (F)
Wh MASS gl, Christmas pref I-III, Euch Prayer I-prop
RDGS [697] 1 Jn 1:1-4/ Jn 20:1a,2-8
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* EP = EP I of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph.
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28 Sun - Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph (F)
HOURS Week I
Wh MASS gl, cr, Christmas pref I-III, Euch Prayer I-prop
RDGS [17] Sir 3:2-7,12-14 or 1 Sm 1:20-22,24-28/ Col 3:12-21 or 3:12-17 or 1 Jn 3:1-2,21-24/ Lk 2:41-52
29 Mon - Fifth Day in the Octave of Christmas
Wh MASS gl, Christmas pref I-III, Euch Prayer I-prop
RDGS [202] 1 Jn 2:3-11/ Lk 2:22-35
- St. Thomas Becket, bishop and martyr
30 Tue- Sixth Day in the Octave of Christmas
Wh MASS gl, Christmas pref I-III Euch Prayer I-prop
RDGS [203] 1 Jn 2:12-17/ Lk 2:36-40
31 Wed - Seventh Day in the Octave of Christmas
Wh MASS gl, Christmas pref I-III, Euch Prayer I-prop
RDGS [204] 1 Jn 2:18-21/Jn 1:1-18
- St. Sylvester I, pope
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*EP = EP I of the Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God.
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JANUARY 2004
1 Thu -The Octave Day of Christmas,
SOLEMNITY OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY, MOTHER OF GOD (S)Today is a holy day of obligation in the USA.
Wh MASS gl, cr, pref of BVM I or II, Euch Prayer I-prop
RDGS [18] Nm 6:22-27/ Gal 4:4-7/ Lk 2:16-21
2 Fri - SS. Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen, bishops and
doctors of the Church (M)
Wh MASS Christmas pref I-III
RDGS [205] 1 Jn 2:22-28/ Jn 1:19-28
3 Sat - Christmas Weekday
Wh MASS Christmas pref I-III
RDGS [206] 1 Jn 2:29--3:6/ Jn 1:29-34
Wh - The Most Holy Name of Jesus
MASS The Votive Mass of The Most Holy Name of Jesus
RDGS Phil 2:1-11 [136a]/ Ps 8 [753.1]/ Lk 2:21-24
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WPTitular feast of the Western Province:
Wh - The Most Holy Name of Jesus (F)
MASS gl, Votive Mass as above
RDGS as above
* EP = EP I of The Epiphany of the Lord.
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4 Sun - THE EPIPHANY OF THE LORD (S)
HOURS Week II
Wh MASS gl, cr, pref of Epiph, Euch Prayer I-prop
RDGS [20] Is 60:1-6/ Eph 3:2-3a,5-6/ Mt 2:1-12
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OPThe sequence Laetabundus may be used, as found in the Missale
et Lectionarium OP (1985), pp.503-505.
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5 Mon - St. John Neumann, bishop (M) [USA]
Wh MASS Christmas pref I-III or pref of Epiph
RDGS [212] 1 Jn 3:22--4:6/ Mt 4:12-17,23-25
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JW For the Province of St. Joseph the Worker:
5 Mon - Christmas Weekday
Wh MASS Christmas pref I-III or pref of Epiph
RDGS [212] 1 Jn 3:22--4:6/ Mt 4:12-17,23-25
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6 Tue - Christmas Weekday
Wh MASS Christmas pref I-III or pref of Epiph
RDGS [213] 1 Jn 4:7-10/ Mk 6:34-44
Wh - Bl. André Bessette, religious [USA]
7 Wed - St. Raymond of Peñafort, OP, priest (M)
Wh MASS Christmas pref I-III or pref of Epiph
RDGS [214] 1 Jn 4:11-18/ Mk 6:45-52
or prop2 Cor 5:14-21 [722.7] or Ez 33:1,7-11 or Gal 5:16-17,22-23,24-25 [765.10]/ Ps 103 [739.6] or Ps 119 [450]/ Mt 5:13-19 [730.1] or Lk 12:42-44,48
8 Thu - Christmas Weekday
Wh MASS Christmas pref I-III or pref of Epiph
RDGS [215] 1 Jn 4:19--5:4/ Lk 4:14-22a
9 Fri - Christmas Weekday
Wh MASS Christmas pref I-III or pref of Epiph
RDGS [216] 1 Jn 5:5-13/ Lk 5:12-16
10 Sat - Christmas Weekday
Wh MASS Christmas pref I-III or pref of Epiph
RDGS [217] 1 Jn 5:14-21/ Jn 3:22-30
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* EP = EP I of The Baptism of the Lord.
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11 Sun - The Baptism of the Lord (F)
HOURS Week I
Wh MASS gl, cr, prop pref
RDGS [21] Is 42:1-4,6-7 or Is 40:1-5,9-11/ Acts 10:34-38 or Ti 2:11-14; 3:4-7/ Lk 3:15-16,21-22
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* Christmas season ends with EP II of The Baptism of the Lord.
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12 Mon - Weekday (1st Week in Ordinary Time)
Gr RDGS [305] 1 Sm 1:1-8/ Mk 1:14-20
13 Tue - Weekday
Gr RDGS [306] 1 Sm 1:9-20/ Mk 1:21-28
Wh - St. Hilary, bishop and doctor of the Church
14 Wed - Weekday
Gr RDGS [307] 1 Sm 3:1-10,19-20/ Mk 1:29-39
15 Thu - Weekday
Gr RDGS [308] 1 Sm 4:1-11/ Mk 1:40-45
16 Fri - Weekday
Gr RDGS [309] 1 Sm 8:4-7,10-22a/ Mk 2:1-12
17 Sat - St. Anthony, abbot (M)
Wh RDGS [310] 1 Sm 9:1-4,17-19;10:1a/ Mk 2:13-17
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18 Sun - 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
HOURS Week II
Gr MASS gl, cr, Sun pref I-VIII
RDGS [66] Is 62:1-5/ 1 Cor 12:4-11/ Jn 2:1-11
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* Week of Prayer for Christina Unity begins.
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19 Mon - Weekday
Gr RDGS [311] 1 Sm 15:16-23/ Mk 2:18-22
20 Tue - Weekday
Gr RDGS [312] 1 Sm 16:1-13/ Mk 2:23-28
Rd - St. Fabian, pope and martyr
Rd - St. Sebastian, martyr
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JW For the Province of St. Joseph the Worker:
20 - Bl. Cyprian Michael Iwene Tansi, priest (M)
Wh RDGS Jos 5:9-12/ Ps 34:2-7/ Lk 15:1-3,11-32
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21 Wed - St. Agnes, virgin and martyr (M)
Rd RDGS [313] 1 Sm 17:32-33,37,40-51/ Mk 3:1-6
22 Thu - Weekday
Gr RDGS [314] 1 Sm 18:6-9; 19:1-7/ Mk 3:7-12
Rd - St. Vincent, deacon and martyr
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*Where observed in the United States:
- Day of Penance for Violations to the Dignity of the Human Person
Vi RDGS From the Mass for Peace and Justice [887-891].
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23 Fri - Weekday
Gr RDGS [315] 1 Sm 24:3-21/ Mk 3:13-19
24 Sat - St. Francis de Sales, bishop and doctor of the Church (M)
Wh RDGS [316] 2 Sm 1:1-4,11-12,19,23-27/ Mk 3:20-21
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25 Sun - 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time
HOURS Week III
Gr MASS gl, cr, Sun pref I-VIII
RDGS [69] Neh 8:2-4a,5-6,8-10/ 1 Cor 12:12-30 or 12:12-14,27/ Lk 1:1-4; 4:14-21
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* Week of Prayer for Christian Unity ends.
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26 Mon - SS. Timothy and Titus, bishops (M)
Wh RDG [520] 2 Tm 1:1-8 or Ti 1:1-5/ [317] Mk 3:22-30
27 Tue - Weekday
Gr RDGS [318] 2 Sm 6:12b-15,17-19/ Mk 3:31-35
Wh - St. Angela Merici, virgin
28 Wed - St. Thomas Aquinas, OP, priest and doctor of the Church (F)
Wh MASS gl, prop pref
RDGS prop Wis 7:7-10,15-16 [725.2] or Eph 3:8-12 [728.4]/ Ps 37 [727.2]/ Jn 17:11-19 [718.7] [or Jn 16:23-28 or Mt 5:13-19 [730-1]
29 Thu - Weekday
Gr RDGS [320] 2 Sm 7:18-19,24-29/ Mk 4:21-25
30 Fri - Weekday
Gr RDGS [321] 2 Sm 11:1-4a,5-10a,13-17/ Mk 4:26-34
31 Sat - St. John Bosco, priest (M)
Wh RDGS [322] 2 Sm 12:1-7a,10-17/ Mk 4:35-41
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FEBRUARY 2004
1 Sun - 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time
HOURS Week IV
Gr MASS gl, cr, Sun pref I-VIII
RDGS [72] Jer 1:4-5,17-19/ 1 Cor 12:31--13:13 or 13:4-13/ Lk 4:21-30
2 Mon - The Presentation of the Lord (F)
Wh MASS gl, seq, prop pref
RDGS [524] Mal 3:1-4/ Heb 2:14-18/ Lk 2:22-40 or 2:22-32
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*If candles are blessed, the blessing is done before Mass following the rite in the Sacramentary.
OPAt Mass the sequence Laetabundus may be used, as found in the Missale et Lectionarium OP (1985), pp.503-505.
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3 Tue - Weekday
Gr RDGS [324] 2 Sm 18:9-10,14b,24-25a,30--19:3/ Mk 5:21-43
Rd - St. Blase, bishop and martyr
Wh - St. Ansgar, bishop
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*Blessing of throats may be done following the rite approved for the USA.
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4 Wed - St. Catherine de' Ricci, OP, virgin, (M)
Wh RDGS [325] 2 Sm 24:2,9-17/ Mk 6:1-6
orprop Rv 19:1,5-9 [732.1] or Rom 8:35,37-39 [112]/ Ps 27 [813.2]/ Mk 8:34-9:1 [339]
5 Thu - St. Agatha, virgin and martyr (M)
Rd RDGS [326] 1 Kgs 2:1-4,10-12/ Mk 6:7-13
6 Fri - St. Paul Miki, martyr, and his companions, martyrs (M)
Rd RDGS [327] Sir 47:2-11/ Mk 6:14-29
7 Sat - Weekday
Gr RDGS [328] 1 Kgs 3:4-13/ Mk 6:30-34
Wh - BVM on Sat or OP Votive Mass
MASS pref of BVM I or II
RDGS as above or OP Votive Mass
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OPToday at the Conventual Mass the Anniversary of Deceased Parents is celebrated.
- Anniversary of Deceased Parents
Wh/Vi/Bk MASS pref of Christian Death I-V
RDGS From Masses for the Dead [1011-1016], especially:
Rom 14:7-9,10c-12 [1014.6]/ Ps 122 [1013.8]/ Jn 17:24-26 [1016.18]
* The liturgy of the hours follows the weekday, not the anniversary.
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8 Sun - 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time
HOURS Week I
GR MASS gl, cr, Sun pref I-VIII
RDGS [75] Is 6:1-2a,3-8/ 1 Cor 15:1-11 or 15:3-8,11/ Lk 5:1-11
9 Mon - Weekday
Gr RDGS [329] 1 Kgs 8:1-7,9-13/ Mk 6:53-56
10 Tue - St. Scholastica, virgin (M)
Wh RDGS [330] 1 Kgs 8:22-23,27-30/ Mk 7:1-13
11 Wed - Weekday
Gr RDGS [331] 1 Kgs 10:1-10/ Mk 7:14-23
Wh - Our Lady of Lourdes
MASS pref of BVM I or II
RDGS as above
12 Thu - Weekday
Gr RDGS [332] 1 Kgs 11:4-13/ Mk 7:24-30
Wh - Bl. Reginald of Orléans, OP priest
RDGS [332] as above
or propPhil 4:4-9 [740.10]/ Ps 63 [813.8]/ Mk 6:7-13 [326]
13 Fri - Bl. Jordan of Saxony, OP, priest (M)
Wh RDGS [333] 1 Kgs 11:29-32; 12:19/ Mk 7:31-37
or propEph 4:1-7,11-13 [722.8]/ Ps 96 [874.3]/ Lk 10:1-9 [724.8]
14 Sat - SS. Cyril, monk, and Methodius, bishop, (M)
Wh RDGS [334] 1 Kgs 12:26-32; 13:33-34/ Mk 8:1-10
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15 Sun - 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time
HOURS Week II
GR MASS gl, cr, Sun pref I-VIII
RDGS [78] Jer 17:5-8/ 1 Cor 15:12,16-20/ Lk 6:17,20-26
16 Mon - Weekday
Gr RDGS [335] Jas 1:1-11/ Mk 8:11-13
17 Tue - Weekday
Gr RDGS [336] Jas 1:12-18/ Mk 8:14-21
Wh - Seven Founders of the Order of Servites, religious
18 Wed - Weekday
Gr RDGS [337] Jas 1:19-27/ Mk 8:22-26
Wh - Bl. John of Fiesole (Fra Angelico), OP, priest
RDGS [337] as above
or propRom 8:5-11/ Ps 73:1,23-26,28/ Mt 5:16; 6:19-23; 7:17,20-21
19 Thu - Weekday
Gr RDGS [338] Jas 2:1-9/ Mk 8:27-33
20 Fri - Weekday
Gr RDGS [339] Jas 2:14-24,26/ Mk 8:34--9:1
21 Sat - Weekday
Gr RDGS [340] Jas 3:1-10/ Mk 9:2-13
Wh - St. Peter Damian, bishop and doctor of the Church
Wh - BVM on Sat or OP Votive Mass
MASS pref of BVM I or II
RDGS as above or OP Votive Mass
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22 Sun - 7th Sunday in Ordinary Time
HOURS Week III
Gr MASS gl, cr, Sun pref I-VIII
RDGS [81] 1 Sm 26:2,7-9,12-13,22-23/ 1 Cor 15:45-49/ Lk 6:27-38
23 Mon - St. Polycarp, bishop and martyr (M)
Rd RDGS [341] Jas 3:13-18/ Mk 9:14-29
24 Tue - Weekday
Gr RDGS [342] Jas 4:1-10/ Mk 9:30-37
Season of Lent
OP1. The season of Lent runs from Ash Wednesday until the Evening Mass of the Lord's Supper on Holy Thursday exclusive. This season retains its penitential character and serves as a preparation for the celebration of Easter.
2. Penitential practices during Lent: According to Church law each Friday in Lent is observed as a day of abstinence and Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are observed as days of fast and abstinence.
Keeping in mind the tradition and legislation of the Order, the following should be observed to the extent that they apply: (a) determinations laid down by various Provincial Chapters concerning the forms of fasting and abstinence; (b) the statutes of particular Conventual Chapters; and (c) the Directories for Nuns regarding proper acts of self-denial for their communities.
3. If it seems appropriate, on Ash Wednesday or on other days during Lent in place of the former rite of the penitential psalms some communal penitential celebration or "rite of reconciliation" may be held, whether it be sacramental or non-sacramental (accordind to the spirit of the Rite of Penance, nn.36-37). However, this celebration may not immediately precede Mass.
*During Lent the Alleluia is always omitted at Mass and Office. The Gloria is said at Mass only on solemnities and feasts.
Liturgy of the Hours
OPNight Prayer:
1. If Night Prayer is sung, the In pace response may be used in place of "Into your hands." The antiphons Evigila or O Rex may be used in place of the gospel canticle antiphon "Save us."
2. If Night Prayer is not sung, the antiphons Evigila and O Rex may be used for the gospel canticle at Evening Prayer in place of the regular antiphon. This may be done at Evening Prayer I and II of Sundays of Lent.
3. The song Media vita may be used in place of the short response whether at Night Prayer of at Evening Prayer -- or even at other celebrations, such as a penitential liturgy on Ash Wednesday or on Thursday of Holy Week (before the beginning of the Easter Triduum). Note that this chant is not an antiphon (as wrongly indicated in our books) and may no longer be used as such.
25 Wed - ASH WEDNESDAY
Vi MASS Lenten pref IV
RDGS [219] Jl 2:12-18/ 2 Cor 5:20--6:2/ Mt 6:1-6,16-18
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*Psalms from Week IV of the psalter are used at the Liturgy of the Hours today and for the remainder of this week. The psalms from Friday, Week III, may be used at Morning Prayer.
* At Mass the penitential rite is omitted.
* The celebrant blesses and distributes ashes after the homily.
*According to a response from the Congregation for Divine Worship (Jan, 1975) other persons may be associated with the bishop or priest in the imposition of ashes, e.g., deacons, special ministers of communion and other lay persons, when there is true pastoral need.
Special ministers of communion and deacons may bring blessed ashes to the sick and those confined to their homes. If a minister is not available, a member of the family or another peson may bring the blessed ashes to a shut-in, using one of the formulas in the Sacramentary to impose ashes.
OPFor pastoral reasons the blessing and distribution of ashes may take place outside Mass. In this case it may be appropriately joined to some hour of the Office, especially Midday Prayer or the Office of Readings.
NB: When the blessing and distribution of ashes takes place outside Mass and apart from an hour of the Office, the entire liturgy of the word should be celebrated: entrance song, opening prayer, readings and chants, homily, blessing and distribution of ashes, and general intercessions.
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26 Thu - Lenten Weekday
Vi MASS Lenten pref I-IV
RDGS [220] Dt 30:15-20/ Lk 9:22-25
27 Fri - Lenten Weekday
Vi MASS Lenten pref I-IV
RDGS [221] Is 58:1-9a/ Mt 9:14-15
28 Sat - Lenten Weekday
Vi MASS Lenten Pref I-IV
RDGS [222] Is 58:9b-14/ Lk 5:27-32
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*Tomorrow is the appropriate day for the rite of enrollment of names or election of catechumens for Baptism (RCIA, nn.118-137). Prayers are taken from the Ritual Mass.
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29 Sun - 1st SUNDAY OF LENT
HOURS Week I
Vi MASS cr, prop pref or Lenten pref I or II
RDGS [24] Dt 26:4-10/ Rom 10:8-13/ Lk 4:1-13
MARCH 2004
1 Mon - Lenten Weekday
Vi MASS Lenten pref I-IV
RDGS [224] Lv 19:1-2,11-18/ Mt 25:31-46
2 Tue - Lenten Weekday
Vi MASS Lenten pref I-IV
RDGS [225] Is 55:10-11/ Mt 6:7-15
3 Wed - Lenten Weekday
Vi MASS Lenten pref I-IV
RDGS [226] Jon 3:1-10/ Lk 11:29-32
- St. Katharine Drexel, virgin [USA]
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*During Lent all memorials are optional. If observed, they are celebrated by using the Opening Prayer of the saint in place of the Opening Prayer of the day.
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4 Thu - Lenten Weekday
Vi MASS Lenten pref I-IV
RDGS [227] Est C:12,14-16,23-25/ Mt 7:7-12
- St. Casimir
5 Fri - Lenten Weekday
Vi MASS Lenten pref I-IV
RDGS [228] Ez 18:21-28/ Mt 5:20-26
6 Sat - Lenten Weekday
Vi MASS Lenten pref I-IV
RDGS [229] Dt 26:16-19/ Mt 5:43-48
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7 Sun - 2nd SUNDAY OF LENT
HOURS Week II
Vi MASS cr, prop pref or Lenten pref I or II
RDGS [27] Gn 15:5-12,17-18/ Phil 3:17--4:1 or 3:20--4:1/ Lk 9:28b-36
8 Mon - Lenten Weekday
Vi MASS Lenten pref I-IV
RDGS [230] Dn 9:4b-10/ Lk 6:36-38
- St. John of God, religious
9 Tue - Lenten Weekday
Vi MASS Lenten pref I-IV
RDGS [231] Is 1:10,16-20/ Mt 23:1-12
- St. Frances of Rome, religious
10 Wed - Lenten Weekday
Vi MASS Lenten pref I-IV
RDGS [232] Jer 18:18-20/ Mt 20:17-28
11 Thu - Lenten Weekday
Vi MASS Lenten pref I-IV
RDGS [233] Jer 17:5-10/ Lk 16:19-31
12 Fri - Lenten Weekday
Vi MASS Lenten pref I-IV
RDGS [234] Gn 37:3-4,12-13a,17b-28a/ Mt 21:33-43, 45-46
13 Sat - Lenten Weekday
Vi MASS Lenten pref I-IV
RDGS [235] Mi 7:14-15,18-20/ Lk 15:1-3,11-32
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*Tomorrow is the appropriate day for the 1st Scrutiny of Catechumens (RCIA, nn.150-156). Prayers are taken from the Ritual Mass.
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14 Sun - 3rd SUNDAY OF LENT
HOURS Week III
Vi MASS cr, Lenten pref I or II
RDGS [30] Ex 3:1-8a,13-15/ 1 Cor 10:1-6,10-12/ Lk 13:1-9
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*The rdgs given for Year A may be used in place of Year C rdgs.: [28] Ex 17:3-7/ Rom 5:1-2,5-8/ Jn 4:5-42 or 4:5-15,19b-26,39a,40-42. If Year A rdgs are used, the prop pref for the 3rd Sunday of Lent may be used.
*The optional Mass for the 3rd Week of Lent [236] may be used on any day of this week, especially when the Gospel of the samaritan woman is not read on the Third Sunday of Lent.
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15 Mon - Lenten Weekday
Vi MASS Lenten pref I-IV
RDGS [237] 2 Kgs 5:1-15b/ Lk 4:24-30
16 Tue - Lenten Weekday
Vi MASS Lenten pref I-IV
RDGS [238] Dn 3:25,34-43/ Mt 18:21-35
17 Wed - Lenten Weekday
Vi MASS Lenten pref I-IV
RDGS [239] Dt 4:1,5-9/ Mt 5:17-19
- St. Patrick, bishop
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JWFor the Province of St. Joseph the Worker:
17 - St Patrick, bishop and Patron of Nigeria (F)
Wh MASS gl, pref of Pastors
RDGS [541] 1 Pt 4:7b-11/ Lk 5:1-11 or from the Common of Pastors
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18 Thu - Lenten Weekday
Vi MASS [240] Jer 7:23-28/ Lk 11:14-23
- St. Cyril of Jerusalem, bishop and doctor of the Church
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* EP = EP I of St. Joseph, husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
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19 Fri - ST. JOSEPH, HUSBAND OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY (S)
Wh MASS gl, cr, prop pref
RDGS [543] 2 Sm 7:4-5a,12-14a,16/ Rom 4:13,16-18,22/ Mt 1:16,18-21,24a or Lk 2:41-51a
20 Sat - Lenten Weekday
Vi MASS Lenten pref I-IV
RDGS [242] Hos 6:1-6/ Lk 18:9-14
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*Tomorrow is the appropriate day for the 2nd Scrutiny of catechumens (RCIA, nn.164-170). Prayers are taken from the Ritual Mass.
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21 Sun - 4th SUNDAY OF LENT
HOURS Week IV
Vi MASS cr, Lenten pref I or II
RDGS [33] Jos 5:9a,10-12/ 2 Cor 5:17-21/ Lk 15:1-3, 11-32
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*The rdgs given for Year A may be used in place of Year C rdgs.:
[31] 1 Sm 16:1b,6-7,10-13a/ Eph 5:8-14/ Jn 9:1-41 or 9:1,6-9,13-17,34-38. If Year A rdgs are used, the prop pref for the 4th Sunday of Lent may be used.
*The optional Mass for the 4th Week of Lent [243] may be used on any day of this week, especially when the Gospel of the man born blind is not read on the Fourth Sunday of Lent.
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22 Mon - Lenten Weekday
Vi MASS Lenten pref I-IV
RDGS [244] Is 65:17-21/ Jn 4:43-54
23 Tue - Lenten Weekday
Vi MASS Lenten pref I-IV
RDGS [245] Ez 47:1-9,12/ Jn 5:1-3,5-16
- St. Toribio de Mongrovejo, bishop
24 Wed - Lenten Weekday
Vi MASS Lenten pref I-IV
RDGS [246] Is 49:8-15/ Jn 5:17-30
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* EP = EP I of The Annunciation of the Lord.
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25 Wed - THE ANNUNCIATION OF THE LORD (S)
Wh MASS gl, cr, prop pref
RDGS [545] Is 7:10-14; 8:10/ Heb 10:4-10/ Lk 1:26-38
26 Fri - Lenten Weekday
Vi MASS Lenten pref I-IV
RDGS [248] Wis 2:1a,12-22/ Jn 7:1-2,10,25-30
27 Sat - Lenten Weekday
Vi MASS Lenten pref I-IV
RDGS [249] Jer 11:18-20/ Jn 7:40-53
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*Tomorrow is the appropriate day for the 3rd Scrutiny of catechumens (RCIA, nn.171-177). Prayers are taken from the Ritual Mass.
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28 Sun - 5th SUNDAY OF LENT
HOURS Week I
Vi MASS cr, Lenten pref I or II
RDGS [36] Is 43:16-21/ Phil 3:8-14/ Jn 8:1-11
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*The rdgs given for Year A may be used in place of Year C rdgs.:
[34] Ez 37:12-14/ Rom 8:8-11/ Jn 11:1-45 or 11:3-7,17,20-27,33b-45. If Year A rdgs are used, the prop pref for the 5th Sunday of Lent may be used.
*The optional Mass for the 5th Week of Lent [250] may be used on any day of this week, especially when the Gospel of Lazarus is not read on the Fifth Sunday of Lent.
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29 Mon - Lenten Weekday
Vi MASS pref of Passion I
RDGS [251] Dn 13:1-9,15-17,19-30,33-62 or 13:41c-62/ Jn 8:12-20 [= alternate reading for Year C]
30 Tue - Lenten Weekday
Vi MASS pref of Passion I
RDGS [252] Nm 21:4-9/ Jn 8:21-30
31 Wed - Lenten Weekday
Vi MASS pref of Passion I
RDGS [253] Dn 3:14-20,91-92,95/ Jn 8:31-42
APRIL 2004
1 Thu - Lenten Weekday
Vi MASS pref of Passion I
RDGS [254] Gn 17:3-9/ Jn 8:51-59
2 Fri - Lenten Weekday
Vi MASS pref of Passion I
RDGS [255] Jer 20:10-13/ Jn 10:31-42
- St. Francis of Paola, hermit
3 Sat - Lenten Weekday
Vi MASS pref of Passion I
RDGS [256] Ez 37:21-28/ Jn 11:45-56
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4 Sun - PALM SUNDAY OF THE LORD'S PASSION
HOURS Week II
Rd PROCESSION [37] Lk 19:28-40
MASS cr, prop pref
RDGS [38] Is 50:4-7/ Phil 2:6-11/ Lk 22:14--23:56 or 23:1-49
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OP1. On this day the Church recalls the entrance of Christ the Lord into Jerusalem to accomplish his paschal mystery. Therefore at every Mass this day a memorial of this event is celebrated. This is done with the procession or solemn entrance before the conventual Mass, and with the simple entrance before other Masses.
NB: The solemn entrance (but not the procession) may be repeated before other Masses that are usually well attended.
2. Distribution of palms may take place either before the beginning of the celebration or immediately before the proclamation of the gospel, i.e., the gospel of the procession.
3. After the procession or solemn entrance the greeting and penitential rite or the sprinkling with blessed water are omitted and the opening prayer of the Mass is said immediately. The Mass then proceeds in the usual way.
4. The Passion is read by a deacon or, if there is no deacon, by a concelebrant or the principal celebrant himself. It may also be read by other readers, whether religious (brothers cooperator, nuns and sisters) or lay. The part of Christ, if possible, is reserved to a deacon or a priest.
NB: The Passion is proclaimed without candles or incense. The greeting and signs of the cross are omitted. Only a deacon asks the blessing before the Passion, as he does before the gospel.
*The Mass for Palm Sunday is provided with three readings. It is strongly recommended that all three be used, unless pastoral reasons suggest otherwise.
Given, however, the importance of the account of the Lord's Passion, the priest, having in mind the character of each individual congregation, is authorized to choose only one of the two readings prescribed before the Gospel, or if necessary, he may read only the account of the Passion, even in the shorter form. This permission applies, however, only to Masses celebrated with a congregation.
The Passion begins directly, without the greeting or the acclamation of the people, but concludes in the usual manner.
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5 Mon - MONDAY OF HOLY WEEK
Vi Mass pref of Passion II
RDGS [257] Is 42:1-7/ Jn 12:1-11
6 Tue - TUESDAY OF HOLY WEEK
Vi MASS pref of Passion II
RDGS [258] Is 49:1-6/ Jn 13:21-33,36-38
7 Wed - WEDNESDAY OF HOLY WEEK
Vi MASS pref of Passion II
RDGS [259] Is 50:4-9a/ Mt 26:14-25
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Thursday of Holy Week
OP If it seems appropriate, today or on another day of this week, some communal penitential celebration or "rite of reconciliation" may be held, whether it be sacramental or non-sacramental (according to the spirit of the Rite of Penance, nn.36-37). However, this celebration may not immediately precede Mass.
The Easter Triduum
OP1. The Easter Triduum of the passion and resurrection of Christ is the culmination of the entire liturgical year. (RC, n.18)
2. The Easter Triduum begins with the Evening Mass of the Lord's Supper, reaches its high point in the Easter Vigil, and closes with Evening Prayer on Easter Sunday. (RC, n.19)
3. During these days it is desirable that brothers and sisters "who experience the mystery of suffering" should share in and be participants in the liturgical celebrations of the community, especially if they are in the hospital, "that they may be helped to know the meaning of this reality which they live in union with the paschal mystery of Christ."
4. Therefore, keeping in mind their varying conditions and different circumstances, everything should be so arranged that in the most suitable manner the sick may have the possibility of receiving Communion and, if possible, participating in the veneration of the Cross on Good Friday. The various faculties found in the Ritual should be freely used.
Indeed our concern which is manifested through our care and prayer furnishes the strongest testimony to all that such concern flows from the gospel, our faith in God, and the power of the resurrection.
*According to the Church’s ancient tradition, all Masses without a congregation are prohibited on this day. For pastoral reasons the local Ordinary may permit another Mass to be celebrated in the evening or, in the case of genuine necessity, even in the morning, but exclusively for those who are in no way able to take part in the evening Mass. Such Masses must not be celebrated for the advantage of private persons or prejudice the principal evening Mass.
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8 Thu - HOLY THURSDAY
Wh EVENING MASS OF THE LORD'S SUPPER
gl, pref of Holy Eucharist I, Euch Prayer I-prop
RDGS [39] Ex 12:1-8,11-14/ 1 Cor 11:23-26/ Jn 13:1-15
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OP1. The Sermo Dominicus may be used at table in the vernacular or as the last celebration of the day. In this case it is read in place of Night Prayer with the community gathered before the Blessed Sacrament.
2. At a suitable time after the celebration of this day is concluded, the altar is stripped and, if possible, crosses are removed from the church. It is desirable to cover any crosses which remain in the church. Holy water is removed from containers in the church.
3. A major prelate presides at the principal hours of the Office and at Mass. The principal hours of the Office begin on the right side of choir.
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9 Fri - GOOD FRIDAY
Rd GOODS FRIDAY OF THE LORD'S PASSION
RDGS [40] Is 52:13--53:12/ Heb 4:14-16; 5:7-9/ Jn 18:1--19:42
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OP1. On Good Friday and, if possible, also on Holy Saturday until the Easter Vigil, the Easter fast is observed everywhere. (RC, n.20)
2. Today and tomorrow at the conclusion of Morning Prayer in place of the intercessions found in the Liturgy of the Hours the Versus litanici may be sung, either in Latin with the Gregorian melodies (as found in OHS, pp.60-63) or in the vernacular using suitable melodies composed for them. At the end, after a pause for silence, the Lord's Prayer is said aloud as is the custom at the end of Morning Prayer.
3. The special rite for the Veneration of the Cross (as found in the Missale et Lectionarium OP (1985), pp.36-43) may be used, observing the adaptations of the restored liturgy regarding the ministers, the color of vestments (red) and the way such special elements fit into the ritual action as a whole. The verses for the Reproaches (Popule meus, Quid eduxi, Quid ultra) may be sung with the help of a schola, if the situation so dictates or, if necessary, they may be simply proclaimed.
4. Night Prayer is said after the Celebration of the Lord's Passion at a suitable hour. Two candles are lit.
NOTE:
a) Today and tomorrow at the Office of Readings and Morning Prayer, candles may be lit only at the altar in the usual manner, the number and manner conforming to that of solemnities. They remain lit during the entire Office.
b) At a suitable time the altar is stripped; however, the cross remains.
c) Today after the Veneration of the Cross the brothers, when entering and leaving choir, bow profoundly to the cross as on other days, but they do not genuflect.
d) Today the De profundis for deceased brothers and benefactors and the Fidelium are omitted at grace for meals. The custom of wearing the cappa in the refectory, where it exists, may be observed, unless it seems expedient to do otherwise.
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10 Sat - HOLY SATURDAY
Wh THE RESURRECTION OF THE LORD: EASTER VIGIL
gl, Easter pref I, Euch Prayer I-prop
RDGS [41] Gn 1:1--2:2 or 1:1,26-31a/ Gn 22:1-18 or 22:1-2,9a,10-13,15-18/ Ex 14:15--15:1/ Is 54:5- 14/ Is 55:1-11/ Bar 3:9-15,32--4:4/ Ez 36:16- 17a,18-28/ Rom 6:3-11/ Lk 24:1-12
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OP1. The entire celebration of this vigil should take place at night, i.e., beginning after nightfall and ending with dawn. (RC, 21)
2. In this holy vigil the Easter Proclamation (Exultet) can be sung
with the proper melody found in the Missale et Lectionarium OP (1985), pp.492-498, in either the longer or shorter form.
3. If necessary, the Easter Proclamation may be sung by one who is not a deacon, e.g., nuns in their own monasteries. In this case the bracketed words "My dearest friends" up to the end of the introduction are omitted, as is the greeting "The Lord be with you."
*The paschal candle remains lit from the end of the Easter Vigil until after Night Prayer of Easter Sunday.
*Nine readings are assigned to the Easter Vigil: seven from the Old Testament, two from the New. If circumstances demand in individual cases, the number of prescribed readings may be reduced. Three selections from the Old Testament, however, should be read before the epistle and Gospel, although when necessary, two may be read. In any case the reading from Exodus about the escape through the Red Sea (reading 3) should never be omitted.
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11 Sun - THE RESURRECTION OF THE LORD: EASTER SUNDAY (S)
HOURS Week I
Wh MASS gl, seq, renewal of baptismal promises, Easter pref I, Euch Prayer I-prop
RDGS [42] Acts 10:34a,37-43/ Col 3:1-4 or 1 Cor 5:6b-8/ Jn 20:1-9 or [41] Lk 24:1-12
At an evening Mass the following gospel may be used: [46] Lk 24:13-35
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*In Easter Sunday Masses which are celebrated with a congregation, the rite of the renewal of baptismal promises is repeated after the homily. The Profession of Faith is omitted.
*The Easter Triduum concludes with the celebration of EP II inclusive. The fifty-day celebration of Easter then begins, concluding with the solemnity of Pentecost inclusive.
OPAfter Night Prayer the paschal candle is extinguished. It is lit throughout the Easter season at Mass and at the principal hours of the Office until Pentecost.
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12 Mon - MONDAY, OCTAVE OF EASTER (S)
Wh MASS gl, Easter pref I, Euch Prayer I-prop
RDGS [261] Acts 2:14,22-32/ Mt 28:8-15
13 Tue - TUESDAY, OCTAVE OF EASTER (S)
Wh MASS gl, Easter pref I, Euch Prayer I-prop
RDGS [262] Acts 2:36-41/ Jn 20:11-18
14 Wed - WEDNESDAY, OCTAVE OF EASTER (S)
Wh MASS gl, Easter pref I, Euch Prayer I-prop
RDGS [263] Acts 3:1-10/ Lk 24:13-35
15 Thu - THURSDAY, OCTAVE OF EASTER (S)
Wh MASS gl, Easter pref I, Euch Prayer I-prop
RDGS [264] Acts 3:11-26/ Lk 24:35-48
16 Fri - FRIDAY, OCTAVE OF EASTER (S)
Wh MASS gl, Easter pref I, Euch Prayer I-prop
RDGS [265] Acts 4:1-12/ Jn 21:1-14
17 Sat - SATURDAY, OCTAVE OF EASTER (S)
Wh MASS gl, Easter pref I, Euch Prayer I-prop
RDGS [266] Acts 4:13-21/ Mk 16:9-15
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18 Sun - 2nd SUNDAY OF EASTER (S)
HOURS Week II
Wh MASS gl, cr, Easter pref I, Euch Prayer I-prop
RDGS [45] Acts 5:12-16/ Rv 1:9-11a,12-13,17-19/ Jn 20:19-31
19 Mon - Easter Weekday
Wh MASS Easter pref I-V
RDGS (267) Acts 4:23-31/ Jn 3:1-8
20 Mon - St. Agnes of Montepulciano, OP, virgin (M)
Wh MASS Easter pref I-V
RDGS [268] Acts 4:32-37/ Jn 3:7b-15
or propRv 5:11-14 [48] or 2 Cor 10:17-11:2 [734.2]/ Ps 45 [733.1]/ Mt 11:25-30 [742.4]
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OPFor the Nuns of the Order:
- St. Agnes of Montepulciano, OP, virgin (F)
Wh MASS gl, pref of Virgins and Religious
RDGS prop as above
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21 Wed - Easter Weekday
Wh MASS Easter pref I-V
RDGS [269] Acts 5:17-26/ Jn 3:16-21
Wh - St. Anselm, bishop and doctor of the Church
22 Thu - Easter Weekday
Wh MASS Easter pref I-V
RDGS [270] Acts 5:27-33/ Jn 3:31-36
23 Fri - Easter Weekday
Wh MASS Easter pref I-V
RDGS [271] Acts 5:34-42/ Jn 6:1-15
Rd - St. George, martyr
Rd - St. Adalbert, bishop and martyr
24 Sat - Easter Weekday
Wh MASS Easter pref I-V
RDGS [272] Acts 6:1-7/ Jn 6:16-21
Rd - St. Fidelis of Sigmaringen, priest and martyr
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25 Sun - 3rd SUNDAY OF EASTER
HOURS Week III
Wh MASS gl, cr, Easter pref I-V
RDGS [48] Acts 5:27-32,40b-41/ Rv 5:11-14/ Jn 21:1-19 or 21:1-14
26 Mon - Easter Weekday
Wh MASS Easter pref I-V
RDGS [273] Acts 6:8-15/ Jn 6:22-29
27 Tue - Easter Weekday
Wh MASS Easter pref I-V
RDGS [274] Acts 7:51--8:1a/ Jn 6:30-35
28 Wed - Easter Weekday
Wh MASS Easter pref I-V
RDGS [275] Acts 8:1b-8/ Jn 6:35-40
Rd - St. Peter Chanel, priest and martyr
Wh - St. Louis de Montfort, priest
29 Thu - St. Catherine of Siena, virgin and doctor of the Church (F)
Wh MASS gl, prop pref
RDGS prop Rv 1:5-8 [990.1] or Col l:24-29 [722.9] or 1 Jn 1:5--2:2 [557]/ Ps 103 [557] or Ps 22 [766.1]/ Jn 7:14-18,37-39 or Jn 17:1-11a [871.6] or Jn 14:21-26 [285]
30 Fri - St. Pius V, OP, pope (M)
Wh MASS Easter pref I-V
RDGS [277] Acts 9:1-20/ Jn 6:52-59
or propActs 20:17-18a,28-32,36 [720.2] or 1 Cor 2:1-10a [728.2]/ Ps 110 [558]/ Jn 21:15-17 [558] or Lk 22:28-32
MAY 2004
1 Sat - Easter Weekday
Wh MASS Easter pref I-V
RDGS [278] Acts 9:31-42/ Jn 6:60-69
Wh - St. Joseph the Worker
MASS prop pref
RDGS [559] Gn 1:26--2:3 or Col 3:14-15,17,23-24/ Mt 13:54-58
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OPTitular feast of the Province of St. Joseph the Worker:
- St. Joseph the Worker (F)
MASS gl, prop pref
RDGS [559] Gn 1:26--2:3/ Col 3:14-15,17,23-24/ Mt 13:54-58
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2 Sun - 4th SUNDAY OF EASTER
HOURS Week IV
Wh MAS gl, cr, Easter pref I-V
RDGS [51] Acts 13:14,43-52/ Rv 7:9,14b-17/ Jn 10:27-30
3 Mon - SS. Philip and James, apostles (F)
Rd MASS gl, pref of Apostles I or II
RDGS [561] 1 Cor 15:1-8/ Jn 14:6-14
4 Tue - Easter Weekday
Wh MASS Easter pref I-V
RDGS [280] Acts 11:19-26/ Jn 10:22-30
5 Wed - St. Vincent Ferrer, OP, priest (M)
Wh MASS Easter pref I-V
RDGS [281] Acts 12:24--13:5a/ Jn 12:44-50
or propRv 14:6-7/ Ps 98 [159]/ Mk 16:15-20 [724.6]
6 Thu - Easter Weekday
Wh MASS Easter pref I-V
RDGS [282] Acts 13:13-25/ Jn 13:16-20
7 Fri - Easter Weekday
Wh MASS Easter pref I-V
RDGS [283] Acts 13:26-33/ Jn 14:1-6
8 Sat - Easter Weekday
Wh MASS Easter pref I-V
RDGS [284] Acts 13:44-52/ Jn 14:7-14
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OPTo recall the patronage of the Blessed Virgin Mary over the whole Order of Preachers, today the Consecration to the Blessed Virgin Mary may be renewed using the formula from the General Chapter of 1974. (The text of this consecration may be found on p.106)
If there is good reason for it, on another appropriate day a Votive Mass of the Blessed Virgin Mary may be celebrated using the special votive Mass proper to the Order.
Wh - Patronage of the Blessed Virgin
MASS pref of BVM I or II
RDGS prop: (A) Eph 1:3-6,16-19 [710.4]/ Resp. Ps [572]/ Lk 1:39-47 [712.5] or (B) Eph 3:14-19 [740.7]/ Ps 16 [721.1]/ Jn 19:25-27 [712.12]
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9 Sun - 5th SUNDAY OF EASTER
HOURS Week I
Wh MASS gl, cr, Easter pref I-V
RDGS [54] Acts 14:21-27/ Rv 21:1-5a/ Jn 13:31-33a, 34-35
10 Mon - St. Antoninus of Florence, OP, bishop (M)
Wh MASS Easter pref I-V
RDGS [285] Acts 14:5-18/ Jn 14:21-26
or prop Sir 37:16-25 or Jas 3:13-18 [883.9]/ Ps 119 [727.3]/ Lk 12:35-44 [774.6]
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NB:The optional memorial of Bl. Damien Joseph de Veuster of Moloka'i [USA] is permanently impeded in the Dominican Calendar by the Obligatory Memorial of St. Antoninus of Florence.
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11 Tue - Easter Weekday
Wh MASS Easter pref I-V
RDGS [286] Acts 14:19-28/ Jn 14:27-31a
12 Wed - Easter Weekday
Wh MASS Easter pref I-V
RDGS [287] Acts 15:1-6/ Jn 15:1-8
Rd - SS. Nereus and Achilleus, martyrs
Rd - St. Pancras, martyr
13 Thu - Easter Weekday
Wh MASS Easter pref I-V
RDGS [288] Acts 15:7-21/ Jn 15:9-11
Wh - Our Lady of Fatima
MASS pref of BVM I or II
RDGS Is 61:9-11 [707.9]/ Ps 45 [709.3]/ Lk 11:27-28 [712.10]
14 Fri - St. Matthias, apostle (F)
Rd MASS gl, pref of Apostles I or II
RDGS [564] Acts 1:15-17,20-26/ Jn 15:9-17
15 Sat - Easter Weekday
Wh MASS Easter pref I-V
RDGS [290] Acts 16:1-10/ Jn 15:18-21
Wh - St. Isidore
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16 Sun - 6th SUNDAY OF EASTER
HOURS Week II
Wh MASS gl, cr, Easter pref I-V
RDGS [57] Acts 15:1-2,22-29/ Rv 21:10-14,22-23/ Jn 14:23-29
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*When The Ascension of the Lord is celebrated the following Sunday, the second reading and Gospel of the 7th Sunday of Easter [61] may be read on the 6th Sunday of Easter.
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17 Mon - Easter Weekday
Wh MASS Easter pref I-V
RDGS (291) Acts 16:11-15/ Jn 15:26--16:4a
18 Tue - Easter Weekday
Wh MASS Easter pref I-V
RDGS [292] Acts 16:22-34/ Jn 16:5-11
Rd - St. John I, pope and martyr
19 Wed - Easter Weekday
Wh MASS Easter pref I-V
RDGS [293] Acts 17:15,22--18:1/ Jn 16:12-15
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*When The Ascension of the Lord is observed on Thursday, EP = EP I of The Ascension of the Lord.
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20 Thu - THE ASCENSION OF THE LORD (S)
Wh MASS gl, cr, Ascen pref I or II, Euch Prayer I-prop
RDGS [58] Acts 1:1-11/ Eph 1:17-23 or Heb 9:24-28; 10:19-23/ Lk 24:46-53
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OPThe weekdays after the Ascension until Saturday before Pentecost inclusive are a preparation for the coming of the Holy Spirit. (RC, n.26)
*In provinces where the celebration of Ascension is transferred to the 7th Sunday of Easter, the following is observed [USA]:
(1) the preface for Thursday through Saturday of this week is: Easter pref I-V.
(2) Thursday, May 20th is observed as an Easter Weekday as follows:
Thu - Easter Weekday
Wh MASS Easter Pref I-V
RDGS [294] Acts 18:1-8/ Jn 16:16-20
Wh - St. Bernardine of Siena, priest
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21 Fri - Easter Weekday
Wh MASS Ascen pref I or II [Easter pref I-V]
RDGS [295] Acts 18:9-18/ Jn 16:20-23a
Rd - St. Christopher Magallanes, priest, and his companions, martyrs
Wh - Bl. Hyacinthe-Marie Cormier, OP
22 Sat - Easter Weekday
Wh MASS Ascen pref I or II
RDGS (296) Acts 18:23-28/ Jn 16:23b-28
Wh - St. Rita of Cascia, religious
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23 Sun - 7th SUNDAY OF EASTER
HOURS Week III
Wh MASS gl, cr, Ascen pref I or II
RDGS [61] Acts 7:55-60/ Rv 22:12-14,16-17,20/
Jn 17:20-26
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*Wherever The Ascension of the Lord is celebrated today:
- THE ASCENSION OF THE LORD (S)
Wh MASS gl, cr, Ascen pref I or II, Euch Prayer I-prop
RDGS [58] Acts 1:1-11/ Eph 1:17-23 or Heb 9:24-28; 10:19-23/ Lk 24:46-53
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24 Mon - The Translation of Holy Father Dominic (M)
WhMASSseq, prop pref
RDGS [297] Acts 19:1-8/ Jn 16:29-33
or prop Acts 4:32-35 [812.2]/ Ps 16 [721.1] or Ps 96 [721.5]/ Mt 28:16-20 [724.4]
25 Tue - Easter Weekday
Wh MASS Ascen pref I or II
RDGS [298] Acts 20:17-27/ Jn 17:1-11a
Wh - St. Bede the Venerable, priest and doctor of the Church
Wh - St. Gregory VII, pope
Wh - St. Mary Magdalene de' Pazzi, virgin
26 Wed - St. Philip Neri, priest (M)
Wh MASS Ascen pref I or II
RDGS [299] Acts 20:28-38/ Jn 17:11b-19
27 Thu - Easter Weekday
Wh MASS Ascen pref I or II
RDGS [300] Acts 22:30; 23:6-11/ Jn 17:20-26
Wh - St. Augustine of Canterbury, bishop
28 Fri - Easter Weekday
Wh MASS Ascen pref I or II
RDGS [301] Acts 25:13b-21/ Jn 21:15-19
29 Sat - Easter Weekday
Wh MASS Ascen pref I or II
RDGS [302] Acts 28:16-20,30-31/ Jn 21:20-25
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* EP = EP I of Pentecost. Sunday
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30 Sun - PENTECOST SUNDAY (S)
HOURS Week I
Rd MASS gl, seq, cr, pref of Pentecost, Euch Prayer I-prop
RDGS Vigil: [62] Gn 11:1-9 or Ex 19:3-8a,16-20b or Ez 37:1-14 or Jl 3:1-5/ Rom 8:22-27/ Jn 7:37-39
Day: [63] Acts 2:1-11/ 1 Cor 12:3b-7,12-13/ Jn 20:19-23
or Acts 2:1-11/ Rom 8:8-17/ Jn 20:19-23 or Jn 14:15-16,23b-26
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* Easter season ends with EP II of Pentecost.
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31 Mon - The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (F)
Wh MASS gl, pref of BVM I or II
RDGS [572] Zep 3:14-18 or Rom 12:9-16/ Lk 1:39-56
JUNE 2004
1 Tue - St. Justin, martyr (M) [9th week in Ordinary Time]
Rd RDGS [354] 2 Pt 3:12-15a,17-18/ Mk 12:13-17
2 Wed - Weekday
Gr RDGS [355] 2 Tm 1:1-3,6-12/ Mk 12:18-27
Rd - SS. Marcellinus and Peter, martyrs
3 Thu - St. Charles Lwanga and companions, martyrs (M)
Rd RDGS [356] 2 Tm 2:8-15/ Mk 12:28b-34
4 Fri - St. Peter of Verona, OP, priest and martyr (M)
Rd MASS prop pref
RDGS [357] 2 Tm 3:10-17/ Mk 12:35-37
or prop 2 Tm 2:3-13 or Acts 7:55-60 [714.1]/ Ps 31 [715.1]/ Jn 15:18-21 [718.6] or Lk 12:4-9
5 Sat - St. Boniface, bishop and martyr (M)
Rd RDGS [358] 2 Tm 4:1-8/ Mk 12:38-44
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6 Sun - MOST HOLY TRINITY (S)
HOURS Week II
Wh MASS gl, cr, prop pref
RDGS [166] Prv 8:22-31/ Rom 5:1-5/ Jn 16:12-15
7 Mon - Weekday [10th Week in Ordinary Time]
Gr RDGS [359] 1 Kgs 17:1-6/ Mt 5:1-12
8 Tue - Weekday
Gr RDGS [360] 1 Kgs 17:7-16/ Mt 5:13-16
Wh - Bl. Diana, OP, and Bl. Cecilia, OP, virgins
RDGS [360]) as above
or prop Col 3:1-4 [812.10]/ Ps 63 [813.8]/ Mt 25:1-13 [815.6]
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OP For the nuns of the Order:
- Bl. Diana, OP, and Bl. Cecilia, OP, virgins (M)
Wh RDGS as above
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9 Wed - Weekday
Gr RDGS [361] 1 Kgs 18:20-39/ Mt 5:17-19
Wh - St. Ephrem, deacon and doctor of the Church
10 Thu - Weekday
Gr RDGS [362] 1 Kgs 18:41-46/ Mt 5:20-26
Wh - Bl. John Dominici, OP, bishop
RDGS [362] as above
or prop 2 Tm 1:13-14; 2:1-3 [722.11]/ Ps 89 [721.4]/ Jn 15:9-17 [724.11]
11 Fri - St. Barnabas, apostle (M)
Rd RDGS [580] Acts 11:21b-26; 13:1-3/ [363] Mt 5:27-32
12 Sat - Weekday
Wh RDGS [364] 1 Kgs 19:19-21/ Mt 5:33-37
Wh - BVM on Sat or OP Votive Mass
MASS pref of BVM I or II
RDGS as above or OP Votive Mass
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13 Sun - THE MOST HOLY BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST (S)
HOURS Week III
Wh MASS gl, seq, cr, prop pref
RDGS [169] Gn 14:18-20/ 1 Cor 11:23-26/ Lk 9:11b-17
14 Mon - Weekday [11th Week in Ordinary Time]
Gr RDGS [365] 1 Kgs 21:1-16/ Mt 5:38-42
15 Tue - Weekday
Gr RDGS [366] 1 Kgs 21:17-29/ Mt 5:43-48
16 Wed - Weekday
Gr RDGS [367] 2 Kgs 2:1,6-14/ Mt 6:1-6,16-18
17 Thu - Weekday
Gr RDGS [368] Sir 48:1-14/ Mt 6:7-15
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* EP = EP I of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus.
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18 Fri - MOST SACRED HEART OF JESUS (S)
WH MASS gl, cr, prop pref
RDGS [172] Ez 34:11-16/ Rom 5:5b-11/ Lk 15:3-7
19 Sat - The Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary (M)
Wh MASS pref of BVM I or II
RDGS [370] 2 Chr 24:17-25/ [573] Lk 2:41-51
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20 Sun - 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time
HOURS Week IV
Gr MASS gl, cr, Sun pref I-VIII
RDGS [96] Zec 12:10-11; 13:1/ Gal 3:26-29/ Lk 9:18-24
21 Mon - St. Aloysius Gonzaga, religious (M)
Wh RDGS [371] 2 Kgs 17:5-8,13-15a,18/ Mt 7:1-5
22 Tue - Weekday
Gr RDGS [372] 2 Kgs 19:9b-11,14-21,31-35a,36/ Mt 7:6,12-14
Wh - St. Paulinus of Nola, Bishop
Rd - St. John Fisher, bishop and martyr, and St. Thomas More,
martyr
23 Wed - Weekday
Gr RDGS [373] 2 Kgs 22:8-13; 23:1-3/ Mt 7:15-20
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* EP = EP I of The Nativity of St. John the Baptist.
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24 Thu - THE NATIVITY OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST (S)
Wh MASS gl, cr, propr pref
RDGS Vigil: [586] Jer 1:4-10/ 1 Pt 1:8-12/ Lk 1:5-17
Day: [587] Is 49:1-6/ Acts 13:22-26/ Lk 1:57-66,80
25 Fri - Weekday
Gr RDGS [375] 2 Kgs 25:1-12/ Mt 8:1-4
26 Sat - Weekday
Gr RDGS [376] Lam 2:2,10-14,18-19/ Mt 8:5-17
Wh - BVM on Sat or OP Votive Mass
MASS pref of BVM I or II
RDGS as above or OP Votive Mass
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27 Sun - 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time
HOURS Week I
GR MASS gl, cr, Sun pref I-VIII
RDGS [99] 1 Kgs 19:16b,19-21/ Gal 5:1,13-18/ Lk 9:51-62
28 Mon - St. Irenaeus, bishop and martyr (M)
Rd RDGS [377] Am 2:6-10,13-16/ Mt 8:18-22
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* EP = EP I of SS. Peter and Paul.
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29 Tue - SS. PETER and PAUL, apostles (S)
Rd MASS gl, cr, prop pref
RDGS Vigil: [590] Acts 3:1-10/ Gal 1:11-20/ Jn 21:15-19
Day: [591] Acts 12:1-11/ 2 Tm 4:6-8,17-18/ Mt 16:13-19
30 Wed - Weekday
Gr RDGS [379] Am 5:14-15,21-24/ Mt 8:28-34
Rd - The First Holy Martyrs of the Holy Roman Church
JULY 2004
1 Thu - Weekday
Gr RDGS [380] Am 7:10-17/ Mt 9:1-8
Wh - Bl. Junípero Serra, priest [USA]
2 Fri - Weekday
Gr RDGS [381] Am 8:4-6,9-12/ Mt 9:9-13
3 Sat - St. Thomas, apostle (F)
Rd MASS gl, pref of Apostles I or II
RDGS [593] Eph 2:19-22/ Jn 20:24-29
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4 Sun - 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time
HOURS Week II
Gr MASS gl, cr, Sun pref I-VIII
RDGS [102] Is 66:10-14c/ Gal 6:14-18/ Lk 10:1-12,17-20 or 10:1-9
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* Mention of Independence Day [National Holiday] may be made in the Prayer of the Faithful. [USA]
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5 Mon - Weekday
Gr RDGS [383] Hos 2:16,17b-18,21-22/ Mt 9:18-26
Wh - St. Anthony Mary Zaccaria, priest
6 Tue - Weekday
Gr RDGS [384] Hos 8:4-7,11-13/ Mt 9:32-38
Rd - St. Maria Goretti, virgin and martyr
7 Wed - Weekday
Gr RDGS [385] Hos 10:1-3,7-8,12/ Mt 10:1-7
8 Thu - Weekday
Gr RDGS [386] Hos 11:1-4,8c-9/ Mt 10:7-15
9 Fri - St. John of Cologne, OP, priest and martyr, and his
companions, martyrs (M)
Rd RDGS [387] Hos 14:2-10/ Mt 10:16-23
or prop Wis 10:9-12 or 2 Cor 6:4-10 [716.4]/ Ps 126 [715.4]/ Lk 6:22-28
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*The optional memorial of St. Augustine Zhao Rong, priest, and his companions, Chinese martyrs, is pemanently impeded in the Dominican Calendar.
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10 Sat - Weekday
Gr RDGS [388] Is 6:1-8/ Mt 10:24-33
Wh - BVM on Sat or OP Votive Mass
MASS pref of BVM I or II
RDGS as above or OP Votive Mass
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11 Sun - 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time
HOURS Week III
Gr MASS gl, cr, Sun pref I-VIII
RDGS [105] Dt 30:10-14/ Col 1:15-20/ Lk 10:25-37
12 Mon - Weekday
Gr RDGS [389] Is 1:10-17/ Mt 10:34--11:1
13 Tue - Weekday
Gr RDGS [390] Is 7:1-9/ Mt 11:20-24
Wh - St. Henry
14 Wed - Bl. Kateri Tekakwitha, virgin (M) [USA]
Wh RDGS [391] Is 10:5-7,13b-16/ Mt 11:25-27
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JW For the Province of St. Joseph the Worker:
14 Tue - Weekday
Gr RDGS [391] Is 10:5-7, 13b-16/ Mt 11:25-27
Wh - St. Camillus de Lellis, priest
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15 Thu - St. Bonaventure, bishop and doctor of the Church (M)
Wh RDGS [392] Is 26:7-9,12,16-19/ Mt 11:28-30
16 Fri - Weekday
Gr RDGS [393] Is 38:1-6,21-22,7-8/ Mt 12:1-8
Wh - Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
MASS pref of BVM I or II
17 Sat - Weekday
Gr RDGS [394] Mi 2:1-5/ Mt 12:14-21
Wh - Bl. Ceslaus of Poland, OP, priest
RDGS [394] as above
or prop 1 Tm 2:1-8 [873.6]/ Ps 67 [874.2]/ Lk 24:44-53 [876.3]
Wh - BVM on Sat or OP Votive Mass
MASS pref of BVM I or II
RDGS as above or OP Votive Mass
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18 Sun - 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time
HOURS Week IV
Gr MASS gl, cr, Sun pref I-VIII
RDGS [108] Gn 18:1-10a/ Col 1:24-28/ Lk 10:38-42
19 Mon - Weekday
Gr RDGS [395] Mi 6:1-4,6-8/ Mt 12:38-42
20 Tue - Weekday
Gr RDGS [396] Mi 7:14-15,18-20/ Mt 12:46-50
Rd - St. Apollinarius, bishop and martyr
21 Wed - Weekday
Gr RDGS [397] Jer 1:1,4-10/ Mt 13:1-9
Wh - St. Lawrence of Brindisi, priest and doctor of the Church
22 Thu - St. Mary Magdalene (M)
Wh RDGS [398] Jer 2:1-3,7-8,12-13/ [603] Jn 20:1-2,11-18
23 Fri - Weekday
Gr RDGS [399] Jer 3:14-17/ Mt 13:18-23
Wh - St. Bridget of Sweden, religious
24 Sat - Weekday
Gr RDGS [400] Jer 7:1-11/ Mt 13:24-30
Wh - St. Sharbel Makhluf, priest
Wh - BVM on Sat or OP Votive Mass
MASS pref of Bvm I or II
RDGS as above or OP Votive Mass
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25 Sun - 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time
HOURS Week I
Gr MASS gl, cr, Sun pref I-VIII
RDGS [111] Gn 18:20-32/ Col 2:12-14/ Lk 11:1-13
26 Mon - SS. Joachim and Anne, parents of the Blessed Virgin
Mary (M)
Wh RDGS [401] Jer 13:1-11/ Mt 13:31-35
27 Tue - Weekday
Gr RDGS [402] Jer 14:17-22/ Mt 13:36-43
28 Wed - Weekday
Gr RDGS [403] Jer 15:10,16-21/ Mt 13:44-46
29 Thu - St. Martha (M)
Wh RDGS [404] Jer 18:1-6/ (607) Jn 11:91-27 or Lk 10:38-42
30 Fri - Weekday
Gr RDGS [405] Jer 26:1-9/ Mt 13:54-58
Wh - St. Peter Chrysologus, bishop and doctor of the Church
31 Sat - St. Ignatius of Loyola, priest (M)
Wh RDGS [406] Jer 26:11-16,24/ Mt 14:1-12
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AUGUST 2004
1 Sun - 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time
HOURS Week II
Gr MASS gl, cr, Sun pref I-VIII
RDGS [114] Eccl 1:2; 2:21-23/ Col 3:1-5,9-11/ Lk 12:13-21
2 Mon - Weekday
Gr RDGS [407] Jer 28:1-17/ Mt 14:13-21
Wh - St. Eusebius of Vercelli, bishop
Wh - St. Peter Julian Eymard, priest
Wh - Bl. Jane of Aza, mother of Holy Father Dominic
RDGS [407] as above
or prop1 Pt 4:7b-11 [740.15]/ Ps 131 [739.9]/ Mt 3:31-35 [742.14]
3 Tue - Weekday
Gr RDGS [408] Jer 30:1-2,12-15,18-22/ Mt 14:22-36 or Mt 15:1-2,10-14
4 Wed - St. John Mary Vianney, presbyter (M)
Wh RDGS [409] Jer 31:1-7/ Mt 15:21-28
5 Thu - Weekday
Gr RDGS [410] Jer 31:31-34/ Mt 16:13-23
Wh - The Dedication of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major in Rome
MASS pref of BVM I or II
6 Fri - The Transfiguration of the Lord (F)
Wh MASS gl, prop pref
RDGS [614] Dn 7:9-10,13-14/ 2 Pt 1:16-19/ Lk 9:28b-36
7 Sat - Weekday
Gr RDGS [412] Hb 1:12–2:4/ Mt 17:14-20
Rd - St. Sixtus II, pope and martyr, and his companions, martyrs
Wh - St. Cajetan, priest
Wh - BVM on Sat or OP Votive Mass
MASS pref of BVM I or II
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* EP = EP I of Holy Father Dominic.
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8 Sun - HOLY FATHER DOMINIC, priest (S)
HOURS Week III
Wh MASS gl, seq, cr, prop pref
RDGS prop Is 52:7-10 [719.5]/ Ps 96 [721.5]/ 2 Tm 4:1-8 [358]/ Mt 5:13-19 [730.1] or Mt 28:16-20 [876.1] or Lk 10:1-9 [724.8]
9 Mon - Weekday [19th Week in Ordinary Time]
Gr RDGS [413] Ez 1:2-5,24-28c/ Mt 17:22-27
Rd - St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein), virgin and martyr
10 Tue - St. Lawrence, deacon and martyr (F)
Rd MASS gl, pref of Martyrs
RDGS [618] 2 Cor 9:6-10/ Jn 12:24-26
11 Wed - St. Clare, virgin (M)
Wh RDGS [415] Ez 9:1-7; 10:18-22/ Mt 18:15-20
12 Thu - Weekday
Gr RDGS [416] Ez 12:1-2/ Mt 18:21--19:1
13 Fri - Weekday
Gr RDGS (417) Ez 16:1-15,60-63 or Ez 15:59-63/ Mt 19:3-12
Rd - St. Pontian, pope and martyr, and St. Hippolytus, priest and martyr
14 Sat - St. Maximilian Mary Kolbe, priest and martyr (M)
Rd RDGS [418] Ez 18:1-10,13b,30-32/ Mt 19:13-15
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15 Sun - THE ASSUMPTION OF THE VIRGIN MARY (S)
Today is a holy day of obligation in the USA.
Wh MASS gl, cr, prop pref
RDGS Vigil: [621] 1 Chr 15:3-4,15-16; 16:1-2/ 1 Cor 15:54b- 57/ Lk 11:27-28
Day: [622] Rv 11:19a; 12:1-6a,10ab/ 1 Cor 15:20-27/ Lk 1:39-56
16 Mon - Weekday [20th Week in Ordinary Time]
Gr RDGS [419] Ez 24:15-24/ Mt 19:16-22
Wh - St. Stephen of Hungary
17 Tue - St. Hyacinth of Poland, OP, priest (M)
Wh RDGS [420] Ez 28:1-10/ Mt 19:23-30
or prop 1 Thes 2:2b-8 [722.10] or Is 6:1-8 [719.4]/ Ps 117 [721.8]/ Mt 10:7-13 [580]
18 Wed - Weekday
Gr RDGS [421] Ez 34:1-11/ Mt 20:1-16
Wh - St. Jane Frances de Chantal, religious [USA]
Wh - Bl. Mannes, OP, priest and brother of
Holy Father Dominic
RDGS [421] as above
or prop 2 Pt 1:2-11/ Ps 89 [721.4]/ Mt 19:23-30 [420]
19 Thu - Weekday
Gr RDGS [422] Ez 36:23-28/ Mt 22:1-14
Wh - St. John Eudes, priest
20 Fri - St. Bernard, abbot and doctor of the Church (M)
Wh RDGS [423] Ez 37:1-14/ Mt 22:34-40
21 Sat - St. Pius X, pope (M)
Wh RDGS [424] Ez 43:1-7b/ Mt 23:1-12
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22 Sun - 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time
HOURS Week I
Gr MASS gl, cr, Sun pref I-VIII
RDGS [123] Is 66:18-21/ Heb 12:5-7,11-13/ Lk 13:22-30
23 Mon - St. Rose of Lima, OP, virgin (M)
Wh RDGS [425] 2 Th 1:1-5,11-12/ Mt 23:13-22
or prop 2 Cor 5:14-17 [603] or Sir 3:17-24 [737.13] or Hos 2:16,17,21-22 [731.2]/ Ps 45 [733.1]/ Jn 15:4-11 or Mt 16:24-27 [742.6]
24 Tue - St. Bartholomew, apostle (F)
Rd MASS gl, pref of Apostles I or II
RDGS [629] Rv 21:9b-14/ Jn 1:45-51
25 Wed - Weekday
Gr RDGS [427] 2 Thes 3:6-10,16-18/ Mt 23:27-32
Wh - St. Louis of France
Wh - St. Joseph Calasanz, priest
26 Thu - Weekday
Gr RDGS [428] 1 Cor 1:1-9/ Mt 24:42-51
27 Fri - St. Monica (M)
Wh RDGS [429] 1 Cor 1:17-25/ Mt 25:1-13
28 Sat - St. Augustine, bishop and doctor of the Church (F)
Wh MASS gl, pref of Pastors
RDGS prop Col 3:12-17 [740.11]/ Ps 100/ Jn 17:14-23
[Wherever today is celebrated as a solemnity the first reading is 1 Kgs 3:11-14 [725.1]
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29 Sun - 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
HOURS Week II
Gr MASS gl, cr, Sun pref I-VIII
RDGS [126] Sir 3:17-18,20,28-29/ Heb 12:18-19,22-24a/ Lk 14:1,7-14
30 Mon - Weekday
Gr RDGS [431] 1 Cor 2:1-5/ Lk 4:16-30
31 Tue - Weekday
Gr RDGS [432] 1 Cor 2:10b-16/ Lk 4:31-37
SEPTEMBER 2004
1 Wed - Weekday
Gr RDGS [433] 1 Cor 3:1-9/ Lk 4:38-44
2 Thu - Weekday
Gr RDGS [434] 1 Cor 3:18-23/ Lk 5:1-11
3 Fri - St. Gregory the Great, pope and doctor of the Church (M)
Wh RDGS [435] 1 Cor 4:1-5/ Lk 5:33-39
4 Sat - Weekday
Gr RDGS [436] 1 Cor 4:6b-15/ Lk 6:1-5
Wh - BVM on Sat or OP Votive Mass
MASS pref of BVM I or II
RDGS as above or OP Votive Mass
5 Sun - 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time
HOURS Week III
Gr MASS gl, cr, Sun pref I-VIII
RDGS [129] Wis 9:13-18b/ Phlm 9-10,12-17/ Lk 14:25-33
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OPToday the Anniversary of Deceased Friends and Benefactors cannot be celebrated; however, mention of this intention may be made at Evening Prayer. Communities may wish to observe this celebration at the Conventual Mass on another appropriate day this week.
- Anniversary of Deceased Friends and Benefactors
Wh/Vi/Blk MASS pref of Christian Death I-V
RDGS From the Masses for the Dead [1011-1016], especially: 1 Jn 3:1-2 [1014.14]/ Ps 122 [1013.8]/ Mt 25:31-46 [1016.4]
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6 Mon - Weekday
Gr RDGS [437] 1 Cor 5:1-8/ Lk 6:6-11
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* Where there is a special observance of Labor Day:
- Labor Day [National Holiday - USA]
Wh MASS Proper: For the Blessing of Human Labor
RDGS Proper: For the Blessing of Human Labor [907-911]
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7 Tue - Weekday
Gr RDGS [438] 1 Cor 6:1-11/ Lk 6:12-19
8 Wed - The Nativity of the Virgin Mary (F)
Wh MASS gl, pref of BVM I or II
RDGS [636] Mi 5:1-4a or Rom 8:28-30/ Mt 1:1-16,18-23 or 1:18-23
9 Thu - St. Peter Claver, priest (M) [USA]
Wh RDGS [440] 1 Cor 8:1b-7,11-13/ Lk 6:27-38
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JW For the Province of St. Joseph the Worker:
9 Wed - Weekday
Gr RDGS [440] 1 Cor 8:1b-7,11-13/ Lk 6:27-38
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10 Fri - Weekday
Gr RDGS [441] 1 Cor 9:16-19,22b-27/ Lk 6:39-42
11 Sat - Weekday
Gr RDGS [442] 1 Cor 10:14-22/ Lk 6:43-49
Wh - BVM on Sat or OP Votive Mass
MASS pref of BVM I or II
RDGS as above or OP Votive Mass
12 Sun - 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time
HOURS Week IV
Gr MASS gl, cr, Sun pref I-VIII
RDG [132] Ex 32:7-11,13-14/ 1 Tm 1:12-17/ Lk 15:1- 32 or 15:1-10
13 Mon - St. John Chrysostom, bishop and doctor of the Church (M)
Wh RDGS [443] 1 Cor 11:17-26,33/ Lk 7:1-10
14 Tue - The Exaltation of the Holy Cross (F)
Rd MASS gl, prop pref or pref of Passion I
RDGS [638] Nm 21:4b-9/ Phil 2:6-11/ Jn 3:13-17
15 Wed - Our Lady of Sorrows (M)
Wh MASS seq, pref of BVM I or II
RDGS [445] 1 Cor 12:31--13:13/ [639] Jn 19:25-27 or Lk 2:33-35
16 Thu - St. Cornelius, pope and martyr, and St. Cyprian, bishop and
martyr (M)
Rd RDGS [446] 1 Cor 15:1-11/ Lk 7:36-50
17 Fri - Weekday
Gr RDGS [447] 1 Cor 15:12-20/ Lk 8:1-3
Wh - St. Robert Bellarmine, bishop and doctor of the Church
18 Sat - St. Juan Macias, OP, religious (M)
Wh RDGS [448] 1 Cor 15:35-37,42-49/ Lk 8:4-15
or prop 1 Kgs 17:8-16 [360] or 1 Jn 3:14-18 [740.16]/ Ps 55/ Mt 6:31-34 [906.1]
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19 Sun - 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time
HOURS Week I
Gr MASS gl, cr, Sun pref I-VIII
RDGS [135] Am 8:4-7/ 1 Tm 2:1-8/ Lk 16:1-13 or 16:10-13
20 Mon - St. Andrew Kim Taegon, priest and martyr, St. Paul Chong
Hasang, martyr, and their companions, martyrs (M)
Rd [449] Prv 3:27-34/ Lk 8:16-18
21 Tue - St. Matthew, apostle and evangelist (F)
Rd MASS gl, pref of Apostles I or II
RDGS [643] Eph 4:1-7,11-13/ Mt 9:9-13
22 Wed - Weekday
Gr RDGS [451] Prv 30:5-9/ Lk 9:1-6
23 Thu - St. Pio of Pietreclina, priest (Padre Pio) (M)
Wh RDGS [452] Eccl 1:2-11/ Lk 9:7-9
24 Fri - Weekday
Gr RDGS [453] Eccl 3:1-11/ Lk 9:18-22
25 Sat - Weekday
Gr RDGS [454] Eccl 11:9--12:8/ Lk 9:43b-45
Wh - BVM on Sat or OP Votive Mass
MASS pref of BVM I or II
RDGS as above or OP Votive Mass
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26 Sun - 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time
HOURS Week II
Gr MASS gl, cr, Sun pref I-VIII
RDGS [138] Am 6:1a,4-7/ 1 Tm 6:11-16/ Lk 16:19-31
27 Mon - St. Vincent De Paul, priest (M)
Wh RDGS [455] Jb 1:6-22/ Lk 9:46-50
28 Tue - SS. Dominic Ibañez de Erquicia, OP, James Kyushei Tomonaga,
OP, priest and martyrs, and Lawrence Ruiz, OP, martyr, and their companions, martyrs (M)
Rd RDGS [456] Jb 3:1-3,11-17,20-23/ Lk 9:51-56
or prop Rom 8:31-39 [716.2]/ Ps 126 [715.4] or Jas 1:2-4,12 [716.7]/ Ps 124 [715.3]/ Lk 9:23-26 [718.4] or Mt 10:17-22 [718.1]
29 Wed - SS. Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael, archangels (F)
Wh MASS gl, prop pref
RDGS [647] Dn 7:9-10,13-14 or Rv 12:7-12a/ Jn 1:47-51
30 Thu - St. Jerome, priest and doctor of the Church (M)
Wh RDGS (458) Jb 19:21-27/ Lk 10:1-12
OCTOBER 2004
1 Fri - St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus, virgin and doctor of the
Church (M)
Wh RDGS [459] Jb 38:1,12-21; 40:3-5/ LK 10:13-16
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JW For the Province of St. Joseph the Worker:
1 Thu - Our Lady Queen and Patronnes of Nigeria (F)
Wh MASS gl, pref of BVM I or II
RDGS Is 55:1-3,6-9/ Ps = Lk 1:46-55/ Jn 19:25-27
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2 Sat - The Guardian Angels (M)
Wh MASS prop rpef
RDGS [460) Jb 42:1-3,5-6,12-16/ [650] Mt 18:1-5,10
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3 Sun - 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time
HOURS Week III
Gr MASS gl, cr, Sun pref I-VIII
RDGS [141] Hb 1:2-3; 2:2-4/ 2 Tm 1:6-8,13-14/ Lk 17:5-10
4 Mon - Holy Father Francis of Assisi, religious (F)
Wh MASS gl, prop pref
RDGS prop Sir 50:1,2-7 or Gal 6:14-18 [651]/ Ps 16 [651]/ Mt 11:25-30 [651]
5 Tue - Weekday
Gr RDGS (462) Gal 1:13-24/ Lk 10:38-42
Wh - Bl. Raymond of Capua, OP, priest
RDGS [462] as above
or prop Eph 3:14-19 [740.7]/ Ps 16 [739.3]/ Mk 2:18-22 [83]
6 Wed - Weekday
Gr RDGS [463] Gal 2:1-2,7-14/ Lk 11:1-4
Wh - St. Bruno, priest
Wh - Bl. Marie-Rose Durocher, virgin [USA]
7 Thu - Our Lady of the Rosary (F)
Wh MASS gl, prop pref or pref of BVM I or II
RDG prop Zec 2:14-17 [707.11] or 1 Chr 15:3-4,15-16; 16:1-2 [707.4] or Acts 1:12-14 [708.1]/ Resp Ps [709.5]/ Lk 1:26-38 [712.4] or Lk 1:39-47 [712.5] or Lk 2:41-51 [712.9]
8 Fri - Weekday
Gr RDGS [465] Gal 3:7-14/ Lk 11:15-26
9 Sat - St. Louis Bertrand, OP, priest (M)
Wh RDGS [466] Gal 3:22-29/ Lk 11:27-28
or prop Gn 12:1-7 [707.2] or Rom 10:9-18 [684]/ Ps 19 [874.1]/ Mk 16:15-18 [519]
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10 Sun - 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time
HOURS Week IV
Gr MASS gl, cr, Sun pref I-VIII
RDGS [144] 2 Kgs 5:14-17/ 2 Tm 2:8-13/ Lk 17:11-19
11 Mon - Weekday
Gr RDGS [467] Gal 4:22-24,26-27,31--5:1/ Lk 11:29-32
12 Tue - Weekday
Gr RDGS [468] Gal 5:1-6/ Lk 11:37-41
13 Wed - Weekday
Gr RDGS [469] Gal 5:18-25/ Lk 11:42-46
14 Thu - Weekday
Gr RDGS [470] Eph 1:1-10/ Lk 11:47-54
Rd - St. Callistus I, pope and martyr
15 Fri - St. Teresa of Jesus, virgin and doctor of the Church (M)
Wh RDGS [471] Eph 1:11-14/ Lk 12:1-7
16 Sat - Weekday
Gr RDGS [472] Eph 1:15-23/ Lk 12:8-12
Wh - St. Hedwig, religious
Wh - St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, virgin
Wh - BVM on Sat or OP Votive Mass
MASS pref of BVM I or II
RDGS as above or OP Votive Mass
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17 Sun - 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time
HOURS Week I
Gr MASS gl, cr, Sun pref I-VIII
RDGS [147] Ex 17:8-13/ 2 Tm 3:14--4:2/ Lk 18:1-8
18 Mon - St. Luke, evangelist (F)
Rd MASS gl, pref of Apostles II
RDGS [661] 2 Tim 4:10-17b/ Lk 10:1-9
19 Tue - SS. John de Brébeuf and Isaac Jogues, priests and martyrs,
and their companions, martyrs (M) [USA]
Rd RDGS [474] Eph 2:12-22/ Lk 12:35-38
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JW For the Province of St. Joseph the Worker:
19 Mon - Weekday
Gr RDGS [474] Eph 2:12-22/ Lk 12:35-38
Wh - St. Paul of the Cross, priest
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20 Wed - Weekday
Gr RDGS [475] Eph 3:2-12/ Lk 12:39-48
Wh - St. Paul of the Cross, priest [USA]
21 Thu - Weekday
Gr RDGS [476] Eph 3:14-21/ Lk 12:49-53
22 Fri - Weekday
Gr RDGS [477] Eph 4:1-6/ Lk 12:54-59
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OPIn consecrated churches whose date of consecration is unknown:
- DEDICATION OF THE CHURCH (S)
Wh MASS gl, cr, pref of the Dedication of a Church I
RDGS prop Is 56:1,6-7 [701.3]/ Ps 84 [703.3]/ Heb 12:18-19,22-24 [704.3]/ Jn 4:19-24 [706.4]
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23 Sat - Weekday
Gr RDGS [478] Eph 4:7-16/ Lk 13:1-9
Wh - St. John of Capistrano, priest
Wh - BVM on Sat or OP Votive Mass
MASS pref of BVM I or II
RDGS as above or OP Votive Mass
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24 Sun - 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time
HOURS Week II
Gr MASS gl, cr, Sun pref I-VIII
RDGS [150] Sir 35:12-14,16-18/ 2 Tm 4:6-8,16-18/ Lk 18:9-14
25 Mon - Weekday
Gr RDGS [479] Eph 4:32--5:8/ Lk 13:10-17
26 Tue - Weekday
Gr RDGS [480] Eph 5:21-33/ Lk 13:18-21
27 Wed - Weekday
Gr RDGS [481] Eph 6:1-9/ Lk 13:22-30
28 Thu - SS.Simon and Jude, apostles (F)
Rd MASS gl, pref of apostles I or II
RDGS [666] Eph 2:19-22/ Lk 6:12-16
29 Fri - Weekday
Gr RDGS [483] Phil 1:1-11/ Lk 14:1-6
30 Sat - Weekday
Gr RDGS [484] Phil 1:18b-26/ Lk 14:1,7-11
Wh - BVM on Sat or OP Votive Mass
MASS pref of BVM I or II
RDGS as above or OP Votive Mass
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31 Sun - 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time
HOURS Week III
Gr MASS gl, cr, Sun pref I-VIII
RDGS [153] Wis 11:22--12:2/ 2 Th 1:11--2:2/ Lk 19:1-10
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* EP = EP I of All Saints.
NOVEMBER 2004
1 Mon - ALL SAINTS (S)
This year All Saints is not a holy day of obligation.
Wh MASS gl, cr, prop pref
RDGS [667] Rv 7:2-4,9-14/ 1 Jn 3:1-3/ Mt 5:1-12a
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* EP = EP II of All Saints.
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2 Tue - THE COMMEMORATION OF ALL THE FAITHFUL DEPARTED
(ALL SOULS)
Wh/Vi/Blk MASS pref of Christian Death I-V
RDGS [668] or any readings from the Massess for the Dead [1011-1016]. Suggested rdgs: Wis 3:1-9/ Rom 5:5-11 or 6:3-9/ Jn 6:37-40
3 Wed - St. Martin de Porres, OP, religious (F)
Wh MASS gl, pref of virgins & religious
RDGS prop Is 58:6-11 [737.15] or Gal 3:26-28; 4:6-7/ Ps 145 [661]/ Lk 10:25-27 [931.3] or Mt 11:25-30 [742.2]
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SP Feast of major patron of the Province: as above
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4 Thu - St. Charles Borromeo, bishop (M)
Wh RDGS [488] Phil 3:3-8a/ Lk 15:1-10
5 Fri - Weekday
Gr RDGS [489] Phil 3:17--4:1/ Lk 16:1-8
6 Sat - SS. Francis de Capillas, OP, and Alphonsus Navarette, OP,
priests and martyrs, and their companions, martyrs (M)
Rd RDGS [490] Phil 4:10-19/ Lk 16:9-15
or prop Wis 10:17-20 or Acts 20:22-32/ Ps 126 [715.4]/ Jn 15:18-21 [718.6]
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7 Sun - 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
HOURS Week IV
Gr MASS gl, cr, Sun pref I-VIII
RDGS [156] 2 Mc 7:1-2,9-14/ 2 Thes 2:16--3:5/ Lk 20:27-38 or 20:27,34-38
8 Mon - Weekday
Gr RDGS [491] Ti 1:1-9/ Lk 17:1-6
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OPToday at the Conventual Mass the Anniversary of Deceased Brothers and Sisters of the Order is celebrated.
- Anniversary of Deceased Brothers and Sisters of the Order
Wh/Vi/Blk MASS pref of Christian Death I-V
RDGS From the Masses for the Dead [1011-1016], especially: Rv 21:1-5a, 6b-7 [1012.4]/ Ps 122 [1013.8]/ Jn 17:15-21,24-26
*The Liturgy of the Hours is taken from the Office for the Dead.
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9 Tue - The Dedication of the Lateran Basilica in Rome (F)
Wh MASS gl, pref of the Dedication of a Church II
RDGS Ez 47:1-2,8-9,12 [701.5])/ 1 Cor 3:9c-11,16-17 [704.1]/ Jn 2:13-22 [706.3] or any readings from the Common of the Dedication of a Church [701-706]
10 Wed - St. Leo the Great, pope and doctor of the Church (M)
Wh RDGS [493] Ti 3:1-7/ Lk 17:11-19
11 Thu - St. Martin of Tours, bishop (M)
Wh RDGS [494] Phlm 7-20/ Lk 17:20-25
12 Fri - St. Josaphat, bishop and martyr (M)
Rd RDGS [495] 2 Jn 4-9/ Lk 17:26-37
13 Sat - St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, virgin (M) [USA]
Wh RDGS [496] 3 Jn 5-8/ Lk 18:1-8
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JW For the Province of St. Joseph the Worker:
13 Sat - Weekday
Gr RDGS [496] 3 Jn 5-8/ Lk 18:1-8
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14 Sun - 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time
HOURS Week I
Gr MASS gl, cr, Sun pref I-VIII
RDGS [159] Mal 3:19-20a/ 2 Thes 3:7-12/ Lk 21:5-19
15 Mon - St. Albert the Great, OP, bishop and doctor of the Church (F)
Wh MASS gl, pref of Pastors
RDGS prop Sir 6:18-21,33-37 or Jas 3:13-18 [888.3]/ Ps 119 [727.3]/ Mt 25:14-23 [742.12 - short form]
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CP Feast of major patron of the Province: as above.
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16 Tue - Weekday
Gr RDGS [498] Rv 3:1-6,14-22/ Lk 19:1-10
Wh - St. Margaret of Scotland
Wh - St. Gertrude the Great, virgin
17 Wed - St. Elizabeth of Hungary, religious (M)
Wh RDGS [499] Rv 4:1-11/ Lk 19:11-28
18 Thu - Weekday
Gr RDGS [500] Rv 5:1-10/ Lk 19:41-44
Wh - The Dedication of the Basilicas of Saints Peter and
Paul in Rome, apostles
MASS pref of Apostles I or II
RDGS [679] Acts 28:11-16,30-31/ Mt 14:22-33
Wh - St. Rose Philippine Duchesne, virgin [USA]
19 Fri - Weekday
Gr RDGS [501] Rv 10:8-11/ Lk 19:45-48
20 Sat - Weekday
Gr RDGS [502] Rv 11:4-12/ Lk 20:27-40
Wh - BVM on Sat or OP Votive Mass
MASS pref of BVM I or II
RDGS as above or OP Votive Mass
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* EP = EP I of Our Lord Jesus Christ the King.
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21 Sun - OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST THE KING (S)
HOURS Week II
Wh MASS gl, cr, prop pref
RDGS [162] 2 Sm 5:1-3/ Col 1:12-20/ Lk 23:35-43
22 Mon - St. Cecilia, virgin and martyr (M)
[34th Week in Ordinary Time]
Rd RDGS [503] Rv 14:1-3,4b-5/ Lk 21:1-4
23 Tue - Weekday
Rd RDGS [504] Rv 14:14-19/ Lk 21:5-11
Rd - St. Clement I, pope and martyr
Wh - St. Columban, abbot
Rd - Bl. Miguel Augustín Pro, priest and martyr [USA]
24 Wed - SS. Ignatius Delgado, OP, bishop and martyr, Vincent Liem,
OP, priest and martyr, and Dominic An-Kham, OP, martyr,
and their companions, martyrs (M)
Rd RDGS [505] Rv 15:1-4/ Lk 21:12-19
or prop Wis 3:1-9 [713.5] or 1 Cor 1:17-25 [722.2]/ Ps 126 [715.4]/ Mt 10:17-22 [718.1]
25 Thu - Weekday
Gr RDGS [506] Rv 18:1-2,21-23; 19:1-3,9a/ Lk 21:20-28
Rd - St. Catherine of Alexandria, virgin and martyr
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- Thanksgiving Day: [National Holiday - USA]
Wh MASS Proper Mass In Thanksgiving to God: prop pref
RDGS [684A] Mass in Thanksgiving to God [943-947], especially: Sir 50:22-24 [943.2]/ 1 Cor 1:3-9 [944.1]/ Lk 17:11-19 [947.6]
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26 Fri - Weekday
Gr RDGS [507] Rv 20:1-4,11--21:2/ Lk 21:29-33
27 Sat - Weekday
Gr RDGS [508] Rv 22:1-7/ Lk 21:34-36
Wh - BVM on Sat or OP Votive Mass
MASS pref of BVM I or II
RDGS as above or OP Votive Mass
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INTRODUCTION
This Liturgical Calendar follows the Roman Calendar (1969) adopted by the Order and adapted for use in the United States, Nigeria and Ghana by the inclusion of celebrations proper to the Order and celebrations proper to the United States, Nigeria and Ghana. For the most part only what pertains to the celebration of the Eucharist is noted. References to the Liturgy of the Hours are limited to indicating the proper week of the four-week psalter to be used and an occasional reference to customs proper to the Order.
I. The Calendar:
A. Holy Days of Obligation [USA]: By a decision of the NCCB confirmed by the Congregation for Bishops on July 4, 1992, whenever January 1, the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, or August 15, the Solemnity of the Assumption, or November 1, the Solemnity of All Saints, falls on a Saturday or on a Monday, the precept to attend Mass is abrogated.
B. Certain celebrations [e.g., Christmas, Pentecost and Assumption] have proper Vigil Masses in addition to the Mass for the day itself. These Vigil Masses are intended to be used either before or after Evening Prayer I of the celebration.
C. On Saturdays in Ordinary Time when there is no obligatory memorial, an optional memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary is allowed (RC, 15). Whenever this optional memorial is allowed, the special votive Mass of the Blessed Virgin Mary proper to the Order may be used as an alternative, i.e.:
- OP Votive Mass of the BVM
Wh MASS pref of BVM I or II
RDGS rdgs of the weekday or proper:
(A) Eph 1:3-6,16-19 (710.4)/ Resp. Ps (572)/ Lk 1:39-47 (712.5) or
(B) Eph 3:14-19 (740.7)/ Ps 16 (721.1)/ Jn 19:25-27 (712.12)
D. Celebration of Patronal Feasts:
In addition to the celebrations proper to each province, a community should celebrate the following:
a. Solemnity of the anniversary of the Dedication of their particular church on the anniversary day of the dedication, if the church was consecrated. If the day of dedication is unknown, this solemnity is observed on Oct 22;
b. Solemnity of the titular saint of their church;
c. Solemnity of the principal patron of their house;
d. Feast of the anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral;
e. Feast of the principal patron of the diocese, territory, province, or more extensive territory; and
f. Obligatory Memorial of a Saint or Blessed (mentioned in the Martyrology or its Appendix) whose body is preserved in their church or oratory.
E. The Celebration of Dominican Feasts:
When the feast of a Dominican saint found in this Calendar is celebrated with the higher rank of a solemnity, the readings given in this Calendar should be arranged as follows:
- lst Reading = Old Testament
(except during the Easter Season when the first reading is always taken from the New Testament)
- Responsorial Psalm
- 2nd Reading = New Testament
- Gospel Acclamation
- Gospel
NB: When it is a question of celebrating a patronal feast (as listed above), the same principle applies when arranging the readings. When proper readings are not provided, they are taken from the appropriate Common.
NB: On Solemnities the Gloria and Creed are said (on Feasts only the Gloria) as well as the proper preface, if there is one, or a preface from the appropriate Common is used.
II. The Readings:
A. The cycles of readings for 2004 are:
Sundays: Year C
Weekdays: Year II
B. In this Liturgical Calendar the references to the daily Mass readings follow the chapter and verse ennumeration of the New American Bible as revised for the Lectionary for Mass, 4 vols. (1998-2002). The number for the readings given in brackets refers to this same Lectionary.
For Sundays, solemnities and feasts, the exact text references are given. For memorials and optional memorials only the references to the semicontinuous readings are given except for the few memorials that have assigned readings (e.g., Jun 11 - St. Barnabas). On days when a memorial of a saint is celebrated, texts may be selected from the Proper of the Saints or taken from the Commons of the Saints. However, the celebrant will make sure not to omit too often or without sufficient cause the readings assigned for each day in the weekday Lectionary. (See: IL, n.83).
C. Interim Dominican Liturgical Books:
The following interim translations for Dominican feasts are avaiilable:
- Lectionary for Proper Masses of the Order of Preachers (1980) [$5.00]
- Dominican Sacramentary (1986) [Out of print]
- Supplement to the Liturgy of the Hours for the Order of Preachers (1991) [$12.50]
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D. Choice of Readings for Dominican Celebrations:
The use of proper readings for Dominican celebrations depends upon the rank of the celebration and is governed by the following norms:
Solemnity
Three readings are used and are taken from the proper.
Feast
Two readings are used and are taken from the proper or, if there are no proper readings, from the appropriate Common.
Obligatory or Optional Memorial
Two readings are used. These may be taken from the proper readings, if there are some, or from the weekday.
III. Typography of this Calendar:
A. Italics:
1. indicate an element of the liturgy of the day which is optional, e.g., seq;
2. indicate an Optional Memorial, e.g., Dec 4, St. John of Damascus.
B. A text set off by a short single line indicates explanatory material, e.g.:
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* = explanatory material from the Roman rites and documents, e.g., Nov. 30;
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or
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OP = explanatory material taken from the Dominican Liturgical books, e.g., Dec 22.
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C. The rank of feasts are indicated by both letters (S, F, M) and typography, e.g.:
- CHRISTMAS (S)
- St. Andrew (F)
- St. Francis Xavier (M)
- Optional Memorials are indicated by italic type.
NB: Celebrations proper to the United States are indicated by the addition of [USA] to the listing.
D. The Gloria and Creed are said only when indicated in the Liturgical Calendar. The Gloria is not said on memorials or weekdays.
E. Days on which Eucharist Prayer I would have proper communicantes are indicated as follows: Euch Prayer I-prop.
IV. Abbreviations used in this Calendar:
Adv = Advent
Ascen = Ascension
CP = Central Province
cr = Creed
EP = Evening Prayer
Epiph = Epiphany
GILH = General Instruction of the Liturgy of the Hours (1971)
GIRM = General Instruction of the Roman Missal (1975)
gl = Gloria
Gr = Green
IL = Introduction to the Lectionary (1981)
JW = Province of St. Joseph the Worker
LFM = Lectionary for Mass 4 vols. (1998-2002)
MP = Morning Prayer
OHS = Ordo Hebdomadae Sanctae OP (1965)
opt mem = Optional Memorial
pref = preface
prop = proper
RC = Roman Calendar (1969)
RCIA = Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (1972)
Rd = red
rdgs = readings
seq = sequence
SP = Southern Proinvce
Vi = violet
Wh = white
WP = Western Province
NB: Number references for readings appear in brackets and refer to the Lectionary for Mass, 4 Vols. (1998-2002).